Game



G. W. WAKEHAM.

GAME.

APPLICATION man MAY23.1921.

Patent Oct. 24, w22.,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

-lllll Fati-:nted met. 2d, varias GERTRUDIE ATSDN WAKEHAM, OFllTARSHj-iill, WISCONSIN.

appucauon fue@ nay 2a, 1921. sm-iai no. www.

To all whom moij/ concern:

Be it known that l, Gnnrnunn `W. fann- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marshall, in the county of Dane and State of1Wisconsin, have invented certain new .and

-useful Improvements in Games, `of which the following- 'is aspecification, referencefbeing `had therein to the accompanyingdrawings. f 11 This invention relates to games and game stood, or to beenlarged `to be played upon the ground in an enlarged field.

The object of the invention is to provide apparatusfor playing anew andimproved game, the characteristic of which is the throwing" of certainarticles which may be referred toas men, to he thrown into certainreceptacles herein referred to as pits,

Ywithother apparatus for marking off and defining certain limits of thegame.

A. further object of the invention is to provide improved type of `pitsas a part of the game Structure. i

A further object of the invention is to pro- `vide` an improved form ofmento be employedwith the pits and other structure.

A further object of the invention is to provide impro-ved markingmeansfor defining certain limits of the game and themoves ofV the game.

With these and other objects in view the` invention comprises certainnovel elements, features, parts, arrangements and combinations, ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game organization which may be a board,as indicated by the outline in that figure, or the outline may indicatethe margin of the field upon which the game is played;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through one of the pits showingin elevation the markers associated with thepit;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the links forming the markers;

Figure 4f is a perspective view of one of the pits;

`Figure 5 is a top plan view of one of the men, and

Figure 6 is a diametrical sectional view of one of the men taken on line6--6 of Figure 5.

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The improved gaarne which .is disclosed in' the drawings is, ashereinlnetorev stated,

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral adapted to be used in a varietyof sizes for indoor or outdoorplaying. 1t comprises a iield 10 which may be a board, the floor of aroom, or a ield out of doors., and will, therefore be either the `roundor* other base.

Substantially centrally of the field a pit 11 y is erected, surroundedby a marker 12 which will ldefine the center field. Thepit 11, liketheother pits hereinafter referred to, comprises a frame substantiallysquare in form., assho-wn at Figure 4, having side bars 13 with loops111 on the ends thereof, in which are pivoted side hars 16 which areextended as legs 17 which are inserted into the earth if the device isplayed upon the r(ground, or

into openings formed for the purpose if the ,frame `is playedin a roomor on a table. The side bars 13 and 1G carry a pouch 18 of any approvedfabric., bagged, as indicated more particularly at Figures 2 and 1-.,1toform a receptacle.

The marker` of which the centereld is y composed comprises a pluralityof` links 19 by forming eyes 2() thereon,r as indicated moreparticularly at Figure 3. The eyes 2() may serve not only for jointingtogether a plurality of suchllinks for convenient folding); for storage,transportation and the like, but also serve to receive pins 21, by whichthe marker is attached to the ground, or tacks, brads, orthe like, ifattached to the table or the floor. The marker is also em- `ployed as ahomeline at each end of the board. as shown at 22 to be similarly attached. A plurality ofthe pits are employed at 23, 24C, .25 and 26, asindicated at Figure 1, and pits of the same style or larger at 27' and28.

. 'lhel men with which the game is played are shown in detail at Figures5 and 6 and are composed of substantially circular bodies 29, thinneradjacent; the edges than at the middle and preferably weighted asindicated at Figure 6 with some heavy material, as lead, introduced intoa socket, as indicated at 30. ylhe men are also properly designated, asshown at Figure 5, wherein the designaw tion white men, is shown atFigure 5, wherein it is understood thatthe men employed at one-endinitially will he so designatecL While the men at the opposite end willhe designated as black men, or some dis tinguishing designation. Thegame as at present described to be played on the boa-rd Would employthree such White men 29 and three of the black men 3l, as shown atFigure l. Itis obvious, of course, that different games may be playedwith the structure as shown and as assembled, or that it may bedifferently assembled as the necessities of the game may malredesirable, but it is the intent to employ the organization to play agame in which two, four or six players may participate. The playing ofthe game with tivo `players Will indicate the manner of playing invwhich player #l is at one end of the ield and player #2 at the oppositeend.

Player #l standsl back of the home line 91E-and casts one of the Whitemen toward pit 25 with the object of casting the man into cast until theother plays have been made. Player #l noW plays Jfrom the point at whichhis man rests into pit 25, theplays being alternated.y As many plays asmay be required are alternately employed for the White'p'layer to casthis men into pit 25 and the black player to cast his men intov pit 24E.From pit 25 player #l casts toward pit 24 With the intent of enteringhis men therein, the requisite number of casts being employed forthatpu'rpose'. From pit 24 player #l casts his men to the rear of theblack home line. Vhen this playisaccomplished player #l now seeks toCast his man into pit 23, from Which it is cast into pit 1S, the centerpit. From the center pit the player Seeks to cast his man into the homepit 28.

lt is obvious that as each player must cast his man in turn the playerwho lirst succeeds in getting his man into his particular home pit Winsthe game.-

It is not the intent here to give all of the rules of the game which canbe played with the use of this apparatus, suliicient onlybeingfdescribed to show the utility of the orlgallir/ration as anentirety, leaving it to the proprietor1 oii the game to formulate suchrules and regulations for the conduct o1" the game as may seem Wise.

ltlhat l cla-im to be new is:

l. lli game comprising a plurality olf' pouches of different sizesarranged in predetermined relation7 each of said pouches cornprising amarginal non-collapsible frame, a fabric secured at its marginal edgesto the frame and depressed to form a bag below the plane of the frame,and foldable legs formed integral with parts of the frame extendingnormally belowv the frame and adapted to penetrate and support the bagout of contact with the ground and to be folded substantially Within thelines of the frame.

2. A game comprising a plurality of pouches, each consisting of a framehaving parts thereof constructed as legs foldable in contiguity Withother sections of the frame, a fabric having its edges secured tn thetrame and bagged beneath and all proportioned so that the legs supportthe bag out of contact with the ground, and markers comprising sectionshinged together and presenting means for securing the markers to theground. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

GERTRUDE WATSON WAKEHM.

TWitnesses E. J. MCCRACKEN, W. H. MCCRACKEN.

